Ipswich is holding a range of celebrations for Christmas, including North Pole installations, suburban light shows, letters to Santa and more.
Did you know the city’s Christmas tree is 9 metres tall and has 8,600 fairy lights?
Christmas in Ipswich Highlights
Letters to Santa – all Ipswich Libraries Branches
Now to 16 December 2021
Visit any Ipswich libraries branch to write and post your letter to Santa. Get in quick to give Santa enough time to respond between wrapping presents. Then join Mr and Mrs Claus and the other North Pole Pals via Zoom as they share Christmas stories, carols and a selection of handwritten letters from the children of Ipswich from 11 am on Friday 17 December 2021.
Christmas Lights Competition
Online voting open now to 6 December 2021
A full list of addresses for voting is available on ChristmasInIpswich.com.au, so you can check out the best festive displays across the city. Categories include Best Residential, Best Business/Organisation, Best Street, People’s Choice, Best New Entry and Best Sustainable Display. Winners will share in over $8,000 worth of cash and prizes.
St Nicholas Precinct – Nicholas Street Precinct
6.30pm to 9.30pm, 10 to 19 December
A spectacular immersive display and larger-than-life installations will transform the Nicholas Street Precinct into the St Nicholas Precinct as the centrepiece of Christmas in Ipswich celebrations. The free event will include a dazzling array of lights and colour, live entertainment, movies on the Tulmur Place big screen and yummy festive food.
Santa on Tour
10 to 12 and 17 to 19 December 2021
He’s made his list and checked in twice. Now Santa and his band of merry performers will be cruising past Christmas lights and stopping at local parks and suburbs near you to spread joy and Christmas cheer. Stay tuned for location announcements on ChristmasInIpswich.com.au
Christmas Lights Tours
6pm to 9pm, 16 and 17 December 2021
View a selection of the best displays in this year’s Christmas Lights Competition in air-conditioned comfort. The bus tour includes commentary from friendly guides, light supper and live entertainment.
Spaces are limited and bookings essential – call 3281 0555 or email info@discoveripswich.com.au
Countdown with Colour – Tivoli Drive In, Chuwar
31 December 2021
Join in the celebrations with colourful activities for the whole family while enjoying live music from
Savvy, Fabulous Lemon Drops and other homegrown performers. There will be endless choices of food and drink to indulge in, then bring in the new year with fireworks and a special family film.
“To grow the tradition set in recent years through Christmas Wonderland in Nerima Gardens, the centrepiece of celebrations in Ipswich shifts to our city’s revitalised urban heart, the Nicholas Street Precinct, which will be transformed into the St Nicholas Precinct,” Mayor Harding said.
“The precinct will be home to a dazzling array of lights and magical moments, part of a program of events, carnivals and carols that will transport the best of the north pole to suburbs across Ipswich.
“Festivities will include the magical lighting of the city’s Christmas tree in d’Arcy Doyle Place and the Santa On Tour fleet that will cruise through a suburb near you, and finish with a bang with New Year’s Eve fireworks lighting up the skies in several locations.”
About Christmas in Ipswich
For the full program and to learn more about what festive events and activities are planned near you, visit ChristmasInIpswich.com.au
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